LOS ANGELES–Lots of folks ride horses in the Los Angeles area, but this past weekend, L.A. got a taste of high-level equine competition usually reserved for the East Coast. L.A. has world-class Thoroughbred racing, but Spruce Meadows in Calgary dominates the world
The Cuban government will appropriately “discipline” the state pharmaceutical company Labiofam for creating perfume products in honor of communist heroes Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez, calling the creation of said perfumes a “grave error.” In a note
DALLAS, Texas — Highland Park Independent School District (ISD) in the Dallas metro area yanked seven books off its approved high school English literature reading list following parent outcry, according to the Dallas Morning News. Those books were The Art
John Cusack is biting the hand that feeds him, and he’s not alone. Cusack, a progressive actor unafraid of criticizing like-minded souls, is savaging Hollywood in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. The Say Anything star understands the need
After UKIP economics spokesman Patrick O’Flynn unveiled what Ukip sources are dubbing the ‘Theresa May tax’ on luxury goods in a speech today, other senior party members immediately moved to alternately confirm and deny whether the policy would be in
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus praised Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation Thursday, noting that it was “overdue.” “Along with many Republicans, I have repeatedly called for Eric Holder’s resignation. He lost the public’s trust years ago. His departure is
The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, convened by Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP), says it is recommending tighter control of homeschooling families in the state to prevent another Newtown shooting. According to the Connecticut Post, the commission states, “[T]ighter scrutiny of homeschoolers
“Fencing” is the buying or selling of stolen goods. As with most imaginable topics and persuasions, there are fencing communities on reddit, the popular internet message board. But what’s remarkable about the fencers on this particular site is how brazen
Even those who have a heaping helping of disapproval for Bill Clinton have to admit the old boy can make them laugh. After all the work President Obama and certain congressional Democrats have put into their dopey War on Corporate
The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin says it has decided to back away from the Common Core standards but is struggling with the cost of replacing Common Core-aligned textbooks. According to the Green Bay Press Gazette, Catholic school administrator
Everyday working class folks are taking it in the neck while the companies that lay them off are reaping huge profits and winning hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate welfare. Is that the logline for Oliver Stone’s latest sequel,
LEITH, United Kingdom – When Caroline McMaster from Leith noticed her ‘Vote Yes’ posters being attacked every night she rightly suspected that slimy no campaigners may have been involved. But she admits she had not realised how right her theory
(AFP) France on Wednesday prepared to receive its first Ebola patient, as the World Bank warned the spiralling epidemic is threatening economic catastrophe in west Africa. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said a female volunteer had
In response to Muslims Will Support Muslims Over Infidel-Led Mission Against ISIS: As it happens, this morning the new Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, just made a big show of announcing that Iraq doesn’t want or need foreign troops to
A leftist group funded by top gay activist bundlers for Obama’s 2012 campaign coordinated both a “well planned and financed” attack against San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone for his decision to speak during the March for Marriage in Washington,
Nicolle Wallace admitted she was a Republican on her first day on The View Monday. She didn’t need to make that declaration. A host of media outlets rushed to tell us just that, even if they forgot to label everyone
There may be a new gravitational center for Catholic thought on the very land tread by 1700s Spanish Franciscan missionary Father Junipero Serra, and a lawyer is at the heart of much of it. It’s indicative of the move in
The Satanic Temple says it will open 15 new chapters nationwide, as well as several internationally. In an interview with Aleteia, Jex Blackmore, a leader of the Satanic Temple’s new Detroit chapter and a member of the group’s executive ministry
One month prior to the midterm elections, Gwyneth Paltrow will host a fundraiser for President Obama at her Los Angeles home to benefit the Democratic National Committee. The actress, who is a longtime supporter of President Obama, held a fundraiser
When you combine Variety‘s story about a 19% drop in entertainment industry jobs, and The Hollywood Reporter‘s story about the 2014 box office already being written off as a “disaster,” things look pretty glum in the business of show. And
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — From afar, it looks and sounds like a regular recreational baseball game: the crack of the bat, the cheering from the bench, the sliding into home. But a closer glance at this field in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park
The British government is to offer Sharia-compliant loans to Muslim students in an attempt to get more of them to go to university. The new system will allow students to pay a donation into a pool system instead of paying
Some 130 Canadian nationals have gone overseas to fight in Syria and Iraq on behalf of radical Islamist groups, according to a recent report by Public Safety Canada. The report added that, specifically, the conflict in Syria–with Sunni Islamist forces fighting against
Yale University’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) along with other groups on campus signed a letter to the Buckley Foundation asking to dis-invite Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali born American political women’s right activist who speaks out against radical Islam, from
A gang of Muslim men in Britain has been accused of abusing a 13-year-old girl they found wandering the streets on her own. The men, who are on trial at Sheffield Crown Court, are accused of abusing vulnerable child in
